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• On real meritocracy March 12, 2010
  If you want to hear about a real example of pure meritocracy, you should listen to Tarus Balog on Linux Link Tech Show episode 343. This guy has truly understood how to lead an open source project, and a number of really interesting things such as Open Source Marketing are discussed. (VCs who want to [...] […]
  sami dalouche
• What Thoughtworkers think of git… March 12, 2010
  Martin Fowler published an informal survey of version control tools among Thoughtworkers. Of course, the big winner is git, and anyone who has been going through the effort of learning it correctly would confirm. BTW, if you want some help convincing people that git is better, do not hesitate to take a look at why git [...] […]
  sami dalouche
• DDD and NoSQL are a nice fit March 12, 2010
  As I explained in a previous post, Domain-driven Design (DDD) is a design principle I strongly believe in. With more and more evidence of systems/companies switching to NoSQL for scalability reasons, creating a rich  domain model becomes less and less of an option if you don’t want to shoot yourself in the foot. Indeed, while traditional [...] […]
  sami dalouche
• Welcome additions in Sonar 2.0 March 11, 2010
  Sonar 2.0 is just out and adds very interesting stuff. It focuses especially on architecture and OO metrics, which were the missing part of the metrics puzzle in previous releases. […]
  marc-andre thibodeau
• Mettre de la pression sur le système pour faire apparaître le gaspillage March 11, 2010
  Afin de faire apparaître les goulots d’étranglement dans le processus de réalisation d’une équipe fonctionnant en Kanban, j’ai proposé de réduire les limites du WIP1 Lors de la mise en place, ... […]
  tremeur balbous
• GeoTools March 11, 2010
  GeoTools developers have released the 2.6.2  version. GeoTools contains an incredible amount of utilities related to GIS and I am totally impressed by the feature set. To give an example of its use, here is some sample code from gisgraphy-java-client ( a simple Java client I am writing for the open source GISgraphy project).  It calculates [...] […]
  sami dalouche
• On Design principles March 11, 2010
  There is a constant about Software Developers : they love debating and arguing about every single aspect of the development process. Moreover, they will most likely debate forever, because there is usually nothing that can serve as a reference to tell good and bad practices apart. Want to know why ? Well.. everyone is making [...] […]
  sami dalouche
• Minyaa Suite 1.8 (for JIRA 3.12.3 to 4.0.1) is released and available for download March 10, 2010
  Minyaa Suite 1.8 is released and available for download Minyaa is compatible from JIRA 3.12.3 to JIRA 4.0.1 (7 distinct builds). News since Minyaa Suite 1.7 … New features : Now, Minyaa’s allows usage of Worklogger Customfield in any Workflow transition, even initial creation. See Log Work as Issue Field, The Time Estimate can be reevaluated when logging wor […]
  vincent thoule
• Nouveau podcast VoxAgile sur le concept de la dette d’entreprise March 10, 2010
  Le dernier podcast Vox Agile vient tout juste de sortir! Avec Éric Mignot et Emmanuel Gaillot, VoxAgile aborde le concept de la dette d’entreprise au niveau des valeurs, de la mission et de l’objectif commun de celles-ci. Entre autres, les sujets suivants sont discutés: Comment déterminer l’actif d’une entreprise au niveau humain; Comment confronter la dette […]
  anne-laure miquel
• Usability reviews in the open source world March 10, 2010
  It is a pleasure to hear that some open source projects are conducting usability reviews : Wikipedia : Usability and Experience Study OpenStreetMap: UX Review any other ? Usability reviews are of uttermost importance if you want to learn how your end users use your product. I initially thought that conducting usability reviews was complex, and involved lots […]
  sami dalouche